# H5356 נִקָּיוֹן

נִקָּיוֹן (niqqâyôwn), Strong’s H5356: clearness (literally or figuratively) KJV: cleanness, innocency.. Occurs 5 times.

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*niqqâyôwn* — clearness (literally or figuratively)

KJV: cleanness, innocency.

Derived from [נָקָה nâqâh](https://besorah.bible/word/H5352) (to be)

Occurs 5 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- נִקָּיוֹן n.[m.] innocency
- 1 freedom from guilt, innocency
- 2 freedom from punishment
- 3 in physical sense, cleanness of teeth
- קֵהָיוֹן n.[m.]
- [קֵהָיוֹן] n.[m.] bluntness;—rd. perh. cstr. Am 4:6

## Where it occurs
- [Genesis 20:5](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/20?v=5) — Didn’t he tell me, ‘She is my sister’? She, even she herself, said, ‘He is my brother.’ I have done this in the…
- [Hosea 8:5](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/hosea/8?v=5) — Let Samaria throw out his calf idol! My anger burns against them! How long will it be until they are capable of purity?
- [Amos 4:6](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/amos/4?v=6) — “I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and lack of bread in every town; yet you haven’t returned…
- [Psalms 26:6](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/26?v=6) — I will wash my hands in innocence, so I will go about your altar, LORD,
- [Psalms 73:13](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/73?v=13) — Surely I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocence,